Principal’s Corner

Hello Lawrence Families + Caregivers:

8-3 did an awesome job on Monday leading their peers in the work of understanding the history and implications of hate speech. I had the opportunity to see two presentations – one in Mr. Keser’s room and the other in Ms. Hollander’s room. Both were inspiring, informative and restorative. Andrew Bott joined us as well and he was thoroughly impressed with our students and the work they did, as was I.

This morning I visited our 6th grade classrooms for their portfolio share and that too was very inspiring and informative. It filled my heart to see students eager to share their learning with families and caregivers. Lawrence is such a special place and being here and seeing all of the good work that is happening gives me pause to realize how fortunate I am to be a part of this community. I had a heartfelt moment with a parent in Max Hunter’s room who was watching her son working with his peers and she looked at me and said, “Look at this, it is awesome!” I agree! Awesome!

In collaboration with Lawrence PTO, Nagmeh Ansari organized a B-PEN forum last night for families and caregivers on how to navigate technology and social media with our young people. Nagmeh is planning another forum that focuses on drug and alcohol use and awareness — More to come…..

In case you missed the event, here is follow up information from Nagmeh that contains very helpful resources on the topic:
(The event was led by Hope Schroy and June Harris from Brookline-Parent Network (B-PEN), AWARE officers from Brookline Police Department. Interim Vice Principal, Greg Porter and Health teacher, Carlyn Uyenoyama were there in support of this important topic.)

School District News and Updates

On Thursday May 10th the School Committee will vote to approve a proposal to have the Lawrence Library named for beloved former librarian Iris Feldman, who recently passed away. Click here to read more...

Next week the School Committee will be considering Superintendent Bott’s recommendation to name current Co-Director of Special Education Casey Ngo-Miller to be the Interim Deputy Superintendent of Student Services. Click here for more...

School Committee Candidate Forum

Fri, May 4th, 8-9am, Runkle Cafeteria, 50 Druce Street.
Brookline community members are invited to attend the upcoming morning forum at Runkle School, to ask questions and hear from the six School Committee candidates (Jennifer Monopoli, David Pearlman, Barbara Scotto, Nathan Shrpritz, Sara Stoutland and Jim Swaim.)

3-Year Override Funding Plan to be Discussed March 6

Select Board Chair Neil Wishinsky has developed a 3-Year Override Funding Plan for discussion at the Select Board meeting on Tuesday evening, March 6. This includes a summary of the plan and a detailed listing of accounts/items to be funded, broken down by year and source of funding.

The Board will discuss the Override Plan on March 6 but will defer a final vote until March 13.